Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cht Sf?akfynan nib Scutbron, f I UM 11 Bf AD Nlt WS, Mr. Scott Stroheeksr. of Charleston! ?topped over In the city for a short stay .on his way home from Camden. where he attended the marriage of his brother. Mr. H. O. Strohecker. Jr. Mr R W. Stubbs left this morning for Wayneavllle. where he will spend some time. Mr. 8. ft. Chandler has gone to Chick tfprlngs for a stay of some time. Miss Abble Bryan left on Friday for Greenville, where ahe will apend a month In charge of the Y. W. C. A. In the mill district. Mr. William Haynsworth returned to Greenville on Friday, after a ?Islt to hla parents in Sumter. Miss Alice JgHxon left on Friday for a visit to Active* in Darlington. Mise Willie s>-&ncce\ of Cheraw. is visiting Mise BertsW ffannamaker. Mr. Duane Wannamaker attended the opening dance at Big atyrlngs re? sort Wednesday night Mrs. Ferd Levl left this morning for the aea coast, where she wieWitay some time. Mies Alice Brad bam and >jfr>Jk Louis Brad ham have gone to tsuHI van s Island for a stay of some time. Miss Irene Bryan left this morning for New York city, where she will take a summer course at Columbia University. Miss Roberta Aldrlch. of Colum? bia, who has been visiting Miss Agnes flaynaworth, left this morning for her home. Miss Marian Satterwhlte. who has been In charge of the art and man? ual training department of the city schools for the past two years, has ac? cepted a position at Winthrop College as assistant In the art department. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Barle arrived la the cltv last night for a stay here of several days, before going on to their home In Greenville. Mr. Georgs W. Green, of Turbevllle, spent yesterday In the city. Mise Loss Bryan, of Orangeburg, la the guest of her aunt. Mrs. W. A. FARM KHK WANT HA PID WfClCUl M Maisat Dtiioswed ml Chamber off OossUBsesre Meeting and to Be Taken wp Meiose County Coanmln ilonrrs A eemmlttee from the Chamber of Commerce and from the Farmers' Union will wait on the county board of commies! oner it at Its next meeting on next Tuesday to discuss with the board the feasibility and advisability of making of changes In the present method of weighing cotton, which It Is understood many of the farmers cUilm to be entirely too slow and very Inconvenient to them when they bring cotton 10 town. The matter was discussed by the Chamber of Commerce at a meeting this week upon the complaint of termers that the present method was entirely too slow and Inconvenhot and upon the complaint of others that farmers In this and other counties, who formerly brought their cotton to Sumter. were not doing so any more because they did not like to wait so long to have their cotton weighed. At the Concord meeting of the Farmers' Cnlon on Friday the matter was again discussed by the farmers of the county and a committee was appointed consisting of Messrs. J. Frank Williams. E W. Dabbe, S. A. Harvln and J. M. Kolb, who were to meet with the committee from the Chamber of Commerce and devise a system of weighing more convenient to 'he farmers. TO BROAD*. N NTRKKTM. Chamber of Commerce Committee* lopotntcd to Take up Work. At a recent meeting of the Cham? ber of Commerce It wan deetdJtd to take steps towards the widening of North Main street from Warren street to the city limits and Broad Street from Washington street as far as wax considered advisable. Committees were appointed to work up tho mat? ter and the work will Bl pushed. The committee appointed to have North Main street broadened con? sists of Mensi-N W D?ring Deo. Ber? nard Mannina. U Dosier I .*???. lt. J. Bland and City M mager W. F. Robert? son; tne Broad H net committee con? sists of Menem C (1 Itowland, Guy Warren. J C. Hughrr. .1 II. MeCol lum and City Manager W. Robert? son. Thena committee* will meet at ?.SO o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce halt A bumper wheat crop out West will have a large political effect. In Kan sen It will surprise a great manv Be. publicans that wheat could pSJanMj grow under a Democratic admluistra. Uwu.?Wilmingtuu Star. HURT BY LIGHTNING bTKOKK. A. E. Gregg Suffers from Shock Re? ceived While ut Telephone. From The Duily Horn, July 3. Mr. Alfred K. Gregg yesterday af? ternoon received a severe shock from lightning while talking over the tele? phone, from which he is ?tili suffering toduy, although he has partially re? covered from the effects of the stroke. It was shortly after tho storm yes? terday, that ho was called to the tele? phone at the Union Brokerage Com? pany, where ho Is employed. While speaking there came a Hash of lightn? ing and Mr. Gregg was knocked sev? eral feet away from the telephone and rendered unconscious by the electric shock. One side was paralyzed and it was not until some time last night i that feeling returned to his leg and part of the body up above the thigh on that side. His arm and side was, still useless to him today, although he had hopes that It would gradual? ly resume Its normal condition. The stroke of lightning must have hit the telephone or electric light wire somewhere in the northwestern part of town, for the electricity was seen at several of the posts and burned out a number of electric light fuses. EIGHT TAKE EXAMINATION. Young Ladles Compete for Scholar? ships to Winthrop College. From The Daily Item, July 3. There were eight young ladies to bike the examination for Winthrop College at the court house this morn? ing .all of whom were trying for the! scholarships offered in that institu? tion. While there are no county scholarships this year rhere are sev? eral scholarships offered by the Fed? eration of Women's Clubs, the United Daughters of the Confederancy and one for the county by the Sumter County Chapter of the Winthrop Alumnae. POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS. An Indication of the Business I Growth of Sumter. The steady growth of Sumter in population during the past 20 years Is known of all men, but once in awhile some striking evidence of this growth is brought to attention. The annual Increase in the receipts of the Sumter postofnee has kept pace with the growth of the town and has come to be recognised as the true index of the annual growth. Only a few years | ago Sumter people were looking for? ward to the time when the annual re? ceipts of the postofnee should reach $10,000 as that would entitle Sum? ter to free mail delivery. That mark was reached sooner than anticipated, and each year the Increase has been a long step toward placing Sumter in the ranks of first class offices. The fiscal year ending June 30th was one of the most satisfactory In the history of the Sumter postofnee. The in? crease in business over the previous | year was $4.142.70. The receipts for the year ending June 30, 1913, werej $32,874.40 and for the year ending June 30, 1914, $37.017.10. When the receipts amount to $40,000 Sunn r will be raised to the grade of a first class postotflce and it is almost cer? tain that this will occur within the next year. Tho increase last year was more than 12 1-2 per cent, while an increase of only x per cent for the current year will put Sumter in the $40.000 class and make it a first class postofnee. Miss Quattlebaum Is Guest of Honor. On Friday afternoon of last week Mrs. Julius McCallum entertained a host of young girls with a party, com? plimentary to her sister, Miss Belle < mattlet-finm. of Columbia, at her home on Salem Avenue. During the guests arrival and during the ufternoon music was rendered by some of the ?Irls and then the Vle trola was much enjoyed. letter the hostess passed among the girls with a waiter. ladened with twenty, or more numerous trinkets. Tho guests were supposed to see all they eould then write them down when it was taken out. The waiter contained a variety of things?a shoe horn, buttons, knives, scissors, and three of the girls drew for the prize but Miss Williamson was the luckiest. Next tho hostess bad placed around the room objects to Illustrate flowers, and the guests busied themseles making their papers to hand in. Af? ter a short while tho prtzo, a book with an appropriate name, was award? ed to Miss Kessle Hood. The guests were asked Into the beautifully decorated dining room, vhere block cream, sweet cakes, mints I and mnrshmnllows were served. The hoinc-K?dng curne too soon, as everybody enjoyed Mrs McCallum's hospitality. Heal F.sfate Transfer. G*?o D. Levy, special master, to H. l> G Williamson. :?1 1-2 acres In 'statebuig luwuship, $i,2V0. THE ANNUAL PICNIC. Corn Club Boys mid Tomato Club Girls Hold Annual ('inhering at Pocalla, July 17th?Other Tomato Club Notes. The annual picnic of the Boys' Corn Clubs and the Girls' Tomato Clubs will he held ut Pocalla Springs July 17th. Prof. W. W. Long, of Clcmson College, State director of the Farm Demonstration work and Miss Edith Parrott. of Winthrop Col? lege, State director of the Girls' To? mato Clubs, will be present and make addresses. In the afternoon mem? bers of the Sumter county Girls To? mato Clubs will give a practical dem? onstration of canning and of the lire less cooker. A large attendance of the Corn Club boys and Tomato Club girls is expected and the day will be one of combined pleasure and profit. Members of the Girls' Tomato Clubs are requested by Miss Lemmon to purchase the Home Canning outfit which is recommended as the most satisfactory and economical canner on the market. This outfit is sold by O'Donnell & Co., at a very low price, through an arrangement with Miss Lemmon. Cans are sold by O'Donnell & Co.. Burns Hardware Co., DuRant Hardware Co., and W. B. Burns & Son. The two scholarships for the sum? mer course at Winthrop College offer? ed to Tomato Club girls of Sumter county, have been awarded to Miss Druie Floyd of Trinity Club, South Lynchburg, and Miss Ora Holliday, Concord Club, Sumter, R. F. D. 1. The scholarships were awarded on the excellence of the tomato plots and of the report of their work prepared by the members. . Miss May Hayns? worth of Bethel club had the best to? mato plot and the most complete re? port of'this season's work to date, but she was not eligible for scholarship this year on account of being less than the required age. Miss Holliday left for Winthrop College Thursday und Miss Floyd Fri? day morning. PICTURE TELLS DARK STORY. Shows Reconstruction Legislature With Negroes In Body. Sending It to Counties. Washington, July 1.?Senator Till man today handed the following sign? ed statement to The News and Cou? rier correspondent with reference to a remarkable photograph which the senator Is sending to the clerk's of? fice in every South Carolina county: "When in South Carolina last April, returning to Washington from Clem son College, I stopped in Greenville to see my niece. While there Mr. L. M. McBee showed me a photograph, two by three Inches in size of the reconstruction legislature of 1868, the first we had. There were far more negroes in it than white men. I borrowed it and brought it to Wash? ington and had it enlarged. I have had it framed, and intend to send one to every county to he hung in the clerk's office, so that those people may see It who have a mind to. "Gov. Blease and Mr. Fortner are howling about the negroes having white teachers and the danger to our civilization from that source. 1 am Inclined to believe the Southern people made a great mistake when they did not take charge of the negro's educa? tion and put them under white toach ers instead of colored teachers. How? ever that may be, the one real danger and a great one It is, to South Caro? lina's civilization lies in a possible di? vision among the white people them? selves, making the negroes the bal? ance of power and the controlling fac? tor in our politics. As long as the white people stand shoulder to shoul? der and fight it out among themselves we need never fear. The new rules adopted at the last State convention to govern the primary Insure an hon? est vote, and every good Democrat will abide the result, whatever It be. There is little possibility of our hav? ing ever again as had a governor as Blcaso has been. "South Carolina can even stand Blease in the senate, however nau? seating it will he to some of us, but would never recover from an appeal by thj Bleaseltes or any others to the negro vote. Should that cur our civilization would he doomed. An indefinite "year of good stealing" would come again, nud in course of tlmo Snot her "ringed, streaked and striped" legislature would assemble In Columbia." The photograph to which the sen? ator refers has attracted much at? tention from visitors to his office In tho capltol. Without exception ev? ery beholder who has commented up? on the picture has declared that It presented more eloquently than arty number of speeches or hooks could do the horrible conditions under Which the State labored In the pe? riod of "Reconstruction." The kind of grief which one can laugh ut la that manifested by certain Democrats who mourn because a dis gulsed subsidy for the coastwise ship ping monopoly has been knocked out j by coubic^h-?Wilmington Star. CHARLESTON IAN WEDS CAMDEN BELLE. Miss Clara Wallace Becomes the Bride of Henry O. Strohecker, Jr. Camden, July 2.?The wedding of! Miss Clara Wallace and Henry O. Strohecker, Jr., of Charleston, was solemnized Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock in the Presbyterian church, and was a scene of marked beauty and brilliancy. The color scheme being white and green, tho church decorations were exceptionally fitting and artistic, palms and ferns being grouped effectively at the altar And rhlte roses and oleanders filling the vases, while long vines trailed grave fully over a snowy background and numerous candles gleamed against | the foliage. The church was filled with the friends and admirers of the popular young couple and the wed? ding march was played by Miss Al-( berta Team. The ushers were Ralph Shannon, Blssell Kennedy, Randolph Kirkland and Marion Zemp. Three of the bridesmaids, Misses Katherine Wallace, Jean Lindsay and Katherine Jones, were beautifully gowned in green Charmeuse and green chiffon, while Misses Bland Williams, Virginia Taylor and Frances Robertson wore lovely dresses of white lace. The maid of honor, Miss Anne Strohecker, of Charleston, wore a lovely gown ofl green crepe meteor with lace over? dress. They all carried pink Killarny roses. The dainty little flower girls] were Elizabeth Jennings of Winns boro and Elizabeth Clotnully, of| Charleston. The bride, who entered with her father, was a winsome pic? ture of girlish loveliness. She wore an exquisite gown of white crepe meteor and real lace. Her veil was arranged Normand,y-cap jeffejbt an|d bride's roses tied with tulle formed the beautiful bridal bouquet. She was met at the altar by the groom with his best man, Tom Slnkler, of Char? leston. The Rev. J. C. Rowan unit? ed them with tho beautiful Vanj Dyke ceremony, after which they filed out in the following order: Mr. Ram? sey of Virginia, with Miss Katherine Jones, of Columbus, Ga., Mr. Ted Girrardeau, of Charleston, with Miss Bland Williams; Mr. Will Wallace of Camden, with Miss Frances Robert? son, of Charleston; Billy Cogswell, Jr., of Charleston, with Miss Jean Lindsay* of Camden; John Saundcrs, of Char? leston, with Miss Virginia Taylor, of] Camden; Tom Slnkler, of Charleston, with Miss Anne Strohecker, of Char? leston. At the Wallace home on Broad street, a brilliant reception was held after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Strohecker have gone north for a two-weeks' trip; the rest of the summer will be spent In Hen dersonville, going to Charleston in September to make that city their home. Gaillard Cut. When the State Federation of Women's Clubs met in Spartanburg a few weeks ago resolutions were adopt? ed requesting President Wilson to] change the name of Culebra cut to| Gaillard cut, in honor of the distin? guished South Carolinian whose la? bors in overcoming the obstacles that) confronted the engineers of the canal at that point virtually cost him His I life. Their resolutions have reached the president and he has ordered the name of the cut to be changed. Ami so a deserved recognition is accord? ed the great South Carolinian who contributed so much to the nation's triumph in Panama.?Spartanburg Herald. BANK STATEMENTS CALLED. Comptroller of Currency Asks for He* port on Business, June ttuth. Washington, July 3.?The comp? troller of the currency today Issued a call for a repefrt on the condition of) National Bunks at the close of busi? ness June 30th. Madcap Madge. Following is the cast of charac? ters staging Madcap) Made at tho Academy of Music, on July Ith, 191 1. The play wus written by local authoi, and local talent will stage it. All in? termissions will be pleasingly tilled by the best musical talent that Sumter affords, accompanied by orchestra. Come and let us entertain you for a couple of hours, with fun and frolic Proceeds will go to swell the Civic League Library fund. Come one. come nil. Popular prices. Adults, 50c; general admission, children un? der 12 years, 25c. Full Cast. Samuntha Jenkins Mrs. Laura Lobby. Madcap Madge.Miss Krlstlanson. Mary Ann.. ..Miss Georgle Beet ham. Hetty Dewdrop .. .Miss Clara Childs. Farmer Dewdrop..Marlon Reabrook. Fred Diinlnp.. .. Warren s. Ptshel. Robert Ruetltiann.. . .jKeister Mack. Trank Devon.Arthur Harby. George Hawley.Harold McCoy. Cop. James Haycock.. ..George Heetbam. Hub Rubbing.... Ambrose Heetbam Sam Snicker.H. R. China. Postman.. ?. CAROLINA LANDS VALUABLE. Department of Agriculture Intimates Tlierc Huh Been Lack of Intelli? gence. Washington, July 3.?Tests by the department of agriculture have; dem? onstrated that long staple cotton of a spinning quality equal to the stand? ard Mississippi delta grade may be pr.luced by scientific methods on the Carolina uplands. The depart? ment, announcing this conclusion to? day declared the general impression that the uplands were unsuited for production of long staple types was due to "lack of understanding of the proper methods to be used with the seed and at the gin." Previous tests had shown, the de? partment's statement continues, that other sections of the Southeast were capable of producing excellent fibres of the 1 3-4 inch staple and recent investigation has convinced experts that the cotton of this locality and type, while not so stre ig as that of the deltas, is less 'wasty" and has the added advantages of being earlier, bearing larger bolls and being more prolific. DRINKING LESS WHISKHEY. But Americans Consume More Beer and Use More Cigarettes. Washington, July 3.?Americans drank less whiskey during the past twelve months than they did the year before, but they consumed more beer and smoked a great many more cig? arettes. Reports to the internal revenue commissioners, made public today, showed that receipts for the fiscal year just closed totalled $864,669 less than for the previous year, and most of this decline was due to the mark? ed falling-off in ta. ;s collected on dis? tilled spirits. Detailed statements for the month of June are not yet available, but in the first 11 months of the fiscal year there was a decrease of $3,734,867 in the income from the manufacture and sale of distilled liquor, due in part to reduction in the number of licenses. Estimates on the June re ceipti indicated the total decline in distilled liquor tax for 12 months will probably be $4,250,000. Receipts from tobacco taxes showed an approximate increase over last year of (2,800,000. This gain is due almost entirely to a phenomenal in? crease in the cigarette trade. The gain in receipts from fermented li? quor, beer, ale and the like, was about $860,000. AS TO TRANSFER CLERK. Congressman Lever Working on the Matter Now*. The Chamber of Commerce has re? ceived a letter from Congressman Lever about the placing of a trans? fer clerk at the passenger station and the placing of mail clerks on the trains between Sumter and Augusta, which were recently installed. Con? gressman Lever and Senator E. D. Smith have been busy in this matter for some time and it is generally hoped that their efforts will prove successful in the near future: Mr. E. I. Reardon, Sumter, S. C. My Dear Friend: I am writing to tell you that I have not forgotten the matters of the transfer clerk at Sum? ter and the two new clerks which you people want put on the new train from Sumter to Atlanta. 1 was at the department today and am advised that the matters are now under con? sideration. I am in behind these matters for you and trust we may bring them to a successful conclusion some time soon. You shull hear from me just as soon as I can get definite information from the department as to their status. With best wishes, Your friend, A. V. LEVER. Liberty street has been Improved? the business section paved with vitrified brick and the remainder al? most to the city limits surfacod with macadam removed from the business section. It is ow about time some? thing was done 'or Hampton avenue, which has bee, for many years a sort of stcp-cMl of each succeeding council. Main Liberty, Church. Broad, WushingU Calhoun, Hurvlu and some other lcs- mportant streets have had a great deal of work and money expended on them at various times, while Hampton avenue has re? ceived only such attention as was ab? solutely unavoidable. Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker ?1 Eebileir. Prompt Attention to Ds? or Night Cede AT I. D. Cralg ?Id Stend. IN. Mein rnonet Night 201 BRADSTREF^S TRADE REPORT. Good Weather Helps All Crop*. New York July 3.?Bradstreet* tomorrow will say: "Good to excellent crop reports, quieted distributive trade and dull or depressed Industry and manufacture are the salient features in this week's advices. The improvement shiwn by cotton during June added to con? tinued good veather for corn, oats and winter wheat, made the general crop advices the best of the year, or, indeed, fur many years past, though hay, tobacco and possibly spring wheat may not meet early sanguine anticipations. Distributive trade tend? ed to quiet as the midyear holidays approached, but June was a good month in actual sales, both by whole? salers and retailers, especially in dry goods, wearing apparel, groceries and millinery. For the week: Failures 24 3 against 194 last year. Wheat exports 5,700. 957 against 3,5*1,323; bank clearings $3,724,241,000, an increase of 1.5 per cent." Candidates9 Cards. Announcements of candidates will be printed in this column until the close of the campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. Th Senate. I hereby announce that I am a can. didate for election to the State Sen. ate from Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. R. D. EPPS. House of Representatives. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for the House of Representa? tives, subject to the rules of the Dem? ocratic party. D. D. MOISE. Believing that my four years ex? perience and my study of the State's affairs have put me in a position for effective service, ). am a candidate for re-election to the House of Repre? sentatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. R. B. BELSER. I am a candidate lor th# Houei Representatives from Bum si ?outl subject to the n'es | iverntng the Democratic primary. A. K. SANDERS. For Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the office of County Super? visor subject to the rules governing' the Democratic primary. W. S. THOMPSON. I am a candidate for re-election to the office of County Supervisor, sub? ject to the rules of the Democratic party. P. M. PITTS, Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for the office of Supervisor for Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. L. E. WHITE. County Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for re-election to the office of County Superintendent of Education of Sumter County and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Demo? cratic primary. J. H. HAYNSWORTH. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the office of County Super? intendent of Education for Sumter County, subject to t lie rules of the Democratic party. 8. D. CAIN. For Coroner. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the ottice of Coroner of Sunder County subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. WILLI/.M J. SKALE Here's Some of Our Work e we ere proud or It. just ti we're proud ef every memorial, public or private, we've, ever built. Better still- our custemere ere | proud of them? they toll SI so, and will tell you so. We submit isSfgns. and ?:lve you the bene fit of our lone experience without charge wo want to tell you of our Improv? ed facilities for productnf memo? rials of permanent beauty. Wewaet you to know how rarefully we select material, how thoroughly our Work Is done, and best of all how con? scientious we are in every detail. Wt (aaraatt* MtistactiM. Our prices ere rlKht. Writ* us today and let us study your problem. Owea Bret. War We k Gran? ite CosftHsy, GmawaW. S. C.